Ayden Owens-Delerme’s national record qualifies for Olympics
Winning the Invitational decathlon at the 64th Mt. SAC Relays on Thursday, Arkansas alum Ayden Owens-Delerme accomplished a number of milestones with his career best score of 8,732 points to surpass the Paris Olympic Games qualifying standard.
WALNUT, Calif. – Winning the Invitational decathlon at the 64th Mt. SAC Relays on Thursday, Arkansas alum Ayden Owens-Delerme accomplished a number of milestones with his career best score of 8,732 points to surpass the Paris Olympic Games qualifying standard.
Owens-Delerme broke his Puerto Rican national record of 8,532 points that he established in placing fourth at the 2022 World Championships. He also set the world leading mark for 2024 in bettering the 8,708 produced by German Leo Neugebauer of Texas during the Texas Relays in March.
The Mt. SAC Relays meet record of 8,727 set by Dave Johnson in 1992 was also surpassed by Owens-Delerme’s performance, which places him as the No. 20 performer on the world all-time list ahead of Johnson.